11243_1505_Preston
Standing in the museum at the Ribble Steam Railway, Preston on the 31st May 2015 is Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway class 21 0-4-0ST 19.
Locomotive History
Between 1886 and 1910 sixty locomotives of class 21 were built at the Horwich Works of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. They were built for shunting duties in sharply curved sidings and dockyards. Two locomotives were withdrawn in November 1910 just four months after the last of the class had been built however no further withdrawals took place before the remaining fifty eight locomotives became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway fleet in 1923. They were renumbered 11200 – 11257 and withdrawals recommenced in 1925 with a steady trickle of withdrawals every year until 1938 when they stopped no doubt due to the approach of the Second World War. A number of those withdrawn in this period were sold for further industrial use. Twenty three locomotives entered British Railways service in 1948 and the survivors were renumbered by adding 40000 to their London Midland and Scottish Railway numbers. Withdrawal recommenced in 1956 and again there was a steady trickle each year until the last survivor was withdrawn in 1964. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 19 was built in 1910 and became London Midland and Scottish Railway 11243. It was withdrawn in 1930 and sold to John Mowlem in 1931, named Basset and was used on a contract to extend the Southampton docks. It was then sold to the United Glass Bottle Manufacturers, Charleton in 1935, where it was renamed Prince. Withdrawn in 1967 it was acquired by the L & Y Trust however it is in poor mechanical condition and has been cosmetically overhauled for display in the museum building, the cost of a full overhaul and return to steam being currently prohibitive.
11243_1505_Preston
Standing in the museum at the Ribble Steam Railway, Preston on the 31st May 2015 is Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway class 21 0-4-0ST 19.
Locomotive History
Between 1886 and 1910 sixty locomotives of class 21 were built at the Horwich Works of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. They were built for shunting duties in sharply curved sidings and dockyards. Two locomotives were withdrawn in November 1910 just four months after the last of the class had been built however no further withdrawals took place before the remaining fifty eight locomotives became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway fleet in 1923. They were renumbered 11200 – 11257 and withdrawals recommenced in 1925 with a steady trickle of withdrawals every year until 1938 when they stopped no doubt due to the approach of the Second World War. A number of those withdrawn in this period were sold for further industrial use. Twenty three locomotives entered British Railways service in 1948 and the survivors were renumbered by adding 40000 to their London Midland and Scottish Railway numbers. Withdrawal recommenced in 1956 and again there was a steady trickle each year until the last survivor was withdrawn in 1964. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 19 was built in 1910 and became London Midland and Scottish Railway 11243. It was withdrawn in 1930 and sold to John Mowlem in 1931, named Basset and was used on a contract to extend the Southampton docks. It was then sold to the United Glass Bottle Manufacturers, Charleton in 1935, where it was renamed Prince. Withdrawn in 1967 it was acquired by the L & Y Trust however it is in poor mechanical condition and has been cosmetically overhauled for display in the museum building, the cost of a full overhaul and return to steam being currently prohibitive.